Bein-operative control means for motor-cars



H. B. JOHNSON.

REIN OPERATIYE CONTROL MEANS FOR MOTOR CARS. A'P'Pucmou men MAY 1. 1920.

lieissued NOV- 16, 1920. i 14 986 14,986. Original No. 1,300,618, dated UNITEDIISTATESP'ATENT OFFICE.

HOMER BFJOHNSON, F SHERIDAN, INDIANA.

,REIN-OPERATIIVVE conrnon MEANS FOR. Moron-onus.

art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements -1Il rein-operative control means for motor cars,

oneobject of the invention being to provide.

simple and efficient means whereby an automobile may be utilized as a farm tractor in supplying draft means for agricultural implements, such as plows, cultivators and harrows. a

A further object is to provide means which may be readily applied to an automobile of standard construction, to facilitate the con- 'trol of the same from a position in rear thereof, as from the operators seat of a riding plow.

Another object of the invention is to provide an attachment which is applicable to motor vehicles or tractors now in use, as dis-, tinguished from vehicles or tractors which embody line or rein controls that are especially built with or for use with such controls.

A still further object of the invention is to provide attachments which can'be bodilysecured to the usual steering device or structure, and to the usual control lever so as to effect operation of each at a point remote from the vehicle and at the same time to maintain each of the controls susceptible to the sense of feel of the operator and t0 enable the latter to operate the controls separately or jointly, the latter desirable in the instance of turning for example, where lessened speed of the vehicle is necessary,

The invention also aims to provide an attachment which enables rein control of the vehicle both as to steering and as to starting and stopping. which control is so formed and arranged that steering and control lever of the starting and stopping are each equally and immediately responsive to the will of a sin le operator. 7 v

, With these and other obiects in view. the invention consists in certain novel features Specification of Reissued Letters Patent. Reissued NO 16, 1920 April 15, 1919, Serial Nol183,162, filed. July 27, 1917. Application for re issue filed May 7, 1920. Serial No. 379,665. 1

claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing a portion of an automobile of the Ford type and illustrating the application of my improvements. Figs. 2 and 3 are detailed views illustrating the steering devices. Fig. 4 is a sectional view, on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of the control devices.

1 represents an automobile which may beof theFord or other type, but for conyenience- I have shown andvwill describe my griprovements as applied to a Ford automo- To the steering shaft 2, a segmental gear 3 is secured at a point near the dash 4 of the car. A bracket 5 is located adjacent to the segmental gear 3 and, is spaced from the-forward side of the dash 4 by means of a block 6,said bracket being secured to the dash by meansof a U-bolt 7 and it is also connected with the dash by means of a brace 8. A

brace 9 may also be employed to connecttho bracket 5 with a stationary part of the ma- I chine, as with the engine casing as'shown in Fig. 2. The bracket5 is constructed to permit the free passage of the steering shaft 2 and it is also provided with a bearin 10 for a shaft 11 which carries a pinion 12 to mesh with the segmental gear 3,--said bracket5 being thus formed to maintain the'shaft 11 at right angles to the steering shaft 2 and the pinion 12 in proper inesh with the segmental gear 3. This segmental gear is of i open construction so as to permit the same to be oscillated without interfering withthe rods 14-15 which pass through the same.

and control the throttle and the spark of the J engine respectively.

The short shaft 11 carries a pulley 16,

about which two cables or reins 17and 18 are wound respectively in opposite directions and may be secured to said pulley. These cables or reins are guided through loops or eyes 19 of a guide bracket 20, the latter being located in rear of the dash 4 and held extending rearwardly to a position with n convenient reach of an operator who may be i riding upon the seat of a riding plow con nected with the automobile in any suitable v manner.

The control lever 21 of the car is pivotally supported at 22 and itslower short arm '23 is connected, by means of a spring 24 with a stationary part of the machine. An extension arm 25 is removably attached to the handle portion of the control lever21 and'to the upper endof said extension arm, one endv of a cable 26 is attached,-said cable being extended rearwardly to a position within convenient. reach of the operator on the plow.-- The control lever 21 carries a. pawl 27 to engage the teeth ofa stationary rack or segment 28 and at respective ends of said 'segment brackets 29 and 30 are located for the accommodation of adjustable stops 31-32. An'L-shaped. trip lever 33 is pivotally mounted on the control lever 21 in proximity to the pawl 27 and-is provided with a toe-=34=to engage the heel ofsaid pawl.

It is apparent that when one of the cables- 17 and 18 is pulled by the operatormotion trip lever 33 will engage the stop screw 31 i and be movedin a direction to cause'the toe 34: to engage the heel of the pawl 27 and move thelatter out of engagement wit-hthe teeth of segment'28. The spring'24 will now operate to move the controllever 21 forwardly to release thebrake and throw in the clutch. As the lever 21 approaches the end of its forward throw, the trip lever 33 will engage the stop 32, causing said trip lever to be turned to release the pawl 27 when'said rontr0l lever maybe controlled as in the normal operation of the car. The trip lever will be retained in the position to which it may bemove'd by the stops,'by engagementwith the lever 21, as illustrated inFig. 5. I do not claimherein the specific features of the control lever construction, the same being embodied in a divisional application 'filed by me on the 5th day "of April, 1918, and designated'by Serial No.

Various slight changes might be madein the details of constru'tion of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof or p lim ting the scope and hence I do not wish to restr ct myself to the precise details herein set forth.' I

Having fully described my invention what I cla m as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is: I

1. Steering means for an automobile, :om-

prising a. bracket adapted to be secured in place forwardly of the dash-board of the' automobile and adapted for the free passage adjacent totsaid bracket, a short shaft of the steering shaft of-the --macl1ine, a gear adapted to'be secured to the steering shaft mounted in .said. bracket, a pinion on said Zshort shaft to mesh with said gear, an op;

erating member securedto said short shaft,

and reins securedto saidoperating member andadapted to extend rearwardlyof the automobile.) v

E2; The combination 'with the steering shaft of an automobile and a gear secured thereto, of a short shaft, means for supporting said=shaft,a pinion carried by the short shaft and meshing with the gear on the steering shaft, a 113111163 1011 the short shaft, and manually operablereins passing about said pulley for-turning aid short shaft to,

impart motion to the steering shaft.

3. The combination with the steering shaft of'an automobile and a gear secured thereto, ofa bracket secured to-themachine,

a short shaftrmounted in said bracketand carrying a pinion meshing with said gear, a pulley on saidshort shaft, reins for turning said pulley and short shaft in one direction or the other, and a guide bracket in rear of the dash of the automobile and throu h which saidreins pass.

4L. -n attachment for tractor propulsion means to convert same for rein-controlled steering and rein. controliof the controLlever for starting and stopping, embodying means formed" for attachment to and for operating the usual steering-device of-the propulsion mean-s, means formed for attachment to and for opertingv theusual control lever, and

reinsv operatively connected to effect manual operation at a remote point from the propulsion means of each of the steering and starting and stopping means through the sense of feel of the operator to enable complete-control thereof. I

'5. An attachment for. tractor motor vehicles to convert same for rein controlled steering and rein control of the control lever for starting and stopping, embodying devices formed for bodily attachment to the usual steering device of the motor vehicle, devices formed for bodily attachment to the usual control lever of the motor vehicle, and reins arranged for manual engagement by the operator at a point remote'from the motor vehicle, and having operative connections with the steering device and the control lever to allow of selective and'indeof feel.

6. Means to convert motor vehicles into the rein-controlled type and to effect steering and starting and stopping thereof by the usual control lever, and steering means under the control of the operator at a point remote from the vehicle, embodying an attachment formed for bodily securement to the usual steering mechanism, an attachment for bodily securement to the usual lever control, and rein means having operative connection with each attachment for enabling manual control of each separately or conjointly by the operator at a point remote from the vehicle so as'to control the steering and starting and stopping thereof.

7. An attachment for tractor motor vehicles to be applied to the usual steering shaft of the steering means of the vehicle, embodying means formed for bodily attachment to the usual steering shaft of the vehicle and with the operating parts of the latter maintained in their original condition, and reins operatively connected to said attachment means so as to enable operation of the steering shaft at a point remote from the vehicle and through the sense of feel of the o erator. p

8. attachment for tractor motor vehicles to be applied to and for operating the usual steering device of the motor vehicle, embodying means formed for bodily attachment to the motor vehicle and formed for operative connection with said usual steering device of the motor vehicle and with the operating parts of the latter maintained in their original condition, and reins ,operatively connected to said attachment means so as to enable operation of the motor vehicle steering device at a point remote from the vehicle and through the sense of feel of the operator.

9. An attachment for tractor motor vehicles to be applied to and for operating the usual steering device of the motor vehicle, embodying means formed for bodily attaching to the motor vehicle and formed for, operative connection with said usual steering device of the motor vehicle and with the operating parts of the latter maintained in their original condition, and reins operatively connected to said attachment means so as toenable operation of the motor vehicle steering device at a point remote from the vehicle and through the sense of feel of the operator, said attachment means being formed so as to allow selective operation of the steering means by manual engagement with the usual hand wheel of the steering device.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HOMER B. JOHNSON. Witnesses:

Crms. W. LA Ponrn, CRYSTAL EVANS. 

